Batch 3, Bottle 1579/3500. Light banana, dry grass, and ethanol on the nose. Spicy rye, vanilla oak, sweet grain, and dried fruit in the mouth. Sweet and spice battle each other in the long-ish finish. Medium mouthfeel, dark golden straw color. Pleasant to sip neat or with a cube. A solid brawny straight rye at 50 abv with a great local production story, farm to barrel to bottle. Cheers to that! And that wide, squat, and thick bottle has an extra-thick glass bottom, plus a heavy oversize metal top on the synthetic stopper. All that makes this a surprisingly HEAVY lift to carry and pour. That presentation has gotta contribute some to the cost, $58, which is substantial. That said, it's still a rye worth finding and trying.